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Overview

Gartzen Lopez is affiliated with the University of the Basque Country in Spain. Their research primarily focuses on engineering, with a strong emphasis on biomedical engineering, catalysis, mechanical engineering, materials chemistry, and polymers and plastics. The principal themes in their work revolve around thermochemical biomass conversion processes, catalysts for methane reforming, catalysis and hydrodesulfurization studies, catalytic processes in materials science, lignin and wood chemistry, recycling and waste management techniques, and chemical looping and thermochemical processes.

Throughout their career, Lopez has published extensively in various scientific venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Fuel
  • Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis
  • Energy Conversion and Management
  • Chemical Engineering Journal

The scientist has collaborated notably with multiple co-authors, including:

  • Martín Olazar
  • Laura Santamaria
  • Maite Artetxe
  • Maider Amutio
  • María Cortazar

Selected recent papers by Lopez illustrate the scope of their research and include:

  • A comprehensive review of primary strategies for tar removal in biomass gasification, 2022, Energy Conversion and Management
  • Waste tyre valorization by catalytic pyrolysis - A review, 2020, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
  • Progress on Catalyst Development for the Steam Reforming of Biomass and Waste Plastics Pyrolysis Volatiles: A Review, 2021, Energy & Fuels
  • Hydrogen generation from biomass by pyrolysis, 2022, Nature Reviews Methods Primers
  • Tire pyrolysis char: Processes, properties, upgrading and applications, 2022, Progress in Energy and Combustion Science

Best Publications

  • Thermochemical routes for the valorization of waste polyolefinic plastics to produce fuels and chemicals. A review

    Gartzen Lopez;Maite Artetxe;Maider Amutio;Javier Bilbao

  • Recent advances in the gasification of waste plastics. A critical overview

    Gartzen Lopez;Maite Artetxe;Maider Amutio;Jon Alvarez

  • Evaluation of thermochemical routes for hydrogen production from biomass: A review

    Aitor Arregi;Maider Amutio;Gartzen Lopez;Javier Bilbao

  • Influence of temperature on biomass pyrolysis in a conical spouted bed reactor

    M. Amutio;G. Lopez;M. Artetxe;G. Elordi

  • A comprehensive review of primary strategies for tar removal in biomass gasification

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  • Bio-oil production from rice husk fast pyrolysis in a conical spouted bed reactor

    Jon Alvarez;Gartzen Lopez;Maider Amutio;Javier Bilbao

  • Catalytic pyrolysis of HDPE in continuous mode over zeolite catalysts in a conical spouted bed reactor

    G. Elordi;M. Olazar;G. Lopez;M. Amutio

  • Characterization of the waxes obtained by the pyrolysis of polyolefin plastics in a conical spouted bed reactor

    M. Arabiourrutia;G. Elordi;G. Lopez;E. Borsella

  • Kinetic study of lignocellulosic biomass oxidative pyrolysis

    Maider Amutio;Gartzen Lopez;Roberto Aguado;Maite Artetxe

  • Waste tyre valorization by catalytic pyrolysis – A review

    Miriam Arabiourrutia;Gartzen Lopez;Gartzen Lopez;Maite Artetxe;Jon Alvarez

  • Role of pore structure in the deactivation of zeolites (HZSM-5, Hβ and HY) by coke in the pyrolysis of polyethylene in a conical spouted bed reactor

    G. Elordi;M. Olazar;G. Lopez;P. Castaño

  • Cracking of High Density Polyethylene Pyrolysis Waxes on HZSM-5 Catalysts of Different Acidity

    Maite Artetxe;Gartzen Lopez;Maider Amutio;Gorka Elordi

  • Fast co-pyrolysis of sewage sludge and lignocellulosic biomass in a conical spouted bed reactor

    Jon Alvarez;Maider Amutio;Gartzen Lopez;Javier Bilbao

  • Continuous pyrolysis of waste tyres in a conical spouted bed reactor

    Gartzen López;Martin Olazar;Roberto Aguado;Javier Bilbao

  • Product Yields and Compositions in the Continuous Pyrolysis of High-Density Polyethylene in a Conical Spouted Bed Reactor

    Gorka Elordi;Martin Olazar;Gartzen Lopez;Maite Artetxe

  • Styrene recovery from polystyrene by flash pyrolysis in a conical spouted bed reactor

    Maite Artetxe;Gartzen Lopez;Maider Amutio;Itsaso Barbarias

  • Hydrogen generation from biomass by pyrolysis

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  • Sewage sludge valorization by flash pyrolysis in a conical spouted bed reactor

    Jon Alvarez;Maider Amutio;Gartzen Lopez;Itsaso Barbarias

  • Influence of operating conditions on the steam gasification of biomass in a conical spouted bed reactor

    Aitziber Erkiaga;Gartzen Lopez;Maider Amutio;Javier Bilbao

  • Design and operation of a conical spouted bed reactor pilot plant (25 kg/h) for biomass fast pyrolysis

    A. Ruth Fernandez-Akarregi;Jon Makibar;Gartzen Lopez;Maider Amutio

  • Light olefins from HDPE cracking in a two-step thermal and catalytic process

    M. Artetxe;G. Lopez;M. Amutio;G. Elordi

  • Syngas from steam gasification of polyethylene in a conical spouted bed reactor

    Aitziber Erkiaga;Gartzen Lopez;Maider Amutio;Javier Bilbao

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin Olazar
Martin Olazar University of the Basque Country
Javier Bilbao
Javier Bilbao University of the Basque Country
Maider Amutio
Maider Amutio University of the Basque Country
Maite Artetxe
Maite Artetxe University of the Basque Country
Roberto Aguado
Roberto Aguado University of the Basque Country
Johann F. Görgens
Johann F. Görgens Stellenbosch University
Mostafa Keshavarz Moraveji
Mostafa Keshavarz Moraveji Amirkabir University of Technology
Pedro Castaño
Pedro Castaño King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Ningbo Gao
Ningbo Gao Xi'an Jiaotong University
Günter Scheffknecht
Günter Scheffknecht University of Stuttgart

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